Hong Kong voter turnout slumps to record low after Beijing purge

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Hong Kong | Hong Kong’s local council elections drew their lowest turnout in nearly three decades, as residents snubbed a system lacking political diversity after a revamp to cement China’s control. Only 27.5 per cent of the 4.3 million eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday in the local elections, David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission said on Monday. That was the lowest figure since the 1994 polls under then-British colonial Governor Chris Patten, the earliest for which records are available. Campaigners promote candidates during the district council elections in Hong Kong, at the weekend. AP The turnout was...